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A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

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  1. n. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
  2. n. A great wave or flood of anything.
  3. v. i. To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.
  4. n. a large sea wave
  5. v. rise up as if in waves
  6. v. move with great difficulty
  7. v. rise and move, as in waves or billows
  8. v. become inflated
  9. 1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind. Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. Cowper. 2. A great wave or flood of anything. Milton. To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. "The billowing snow." Prior.
  10. To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate."The billowing snow." Prior.
  11. n:7/v:93 n. a large sea wave v. rise up as if in waves v. move with great difficulty v. rise and move, as in waves or billows